Samuel Brady (abt. 1734 - abt. 1811)

Born about 1734 in Big Spring, Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania, British American Colonies

Descendants

Died about Sep 1811 at about age 77 in Mahoning Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

This Samuel Brady was referred to as "Uncle Sam" by the Brady family. <vol. 10 Series E Draper Manuscript collection> https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Draper_Manuscript_Collection>

The log home Samuel grew up in is still the site of Brady Family reunions. Home of Hugh and Hannah Brady

To learn more about our family association and our reunions, go to Facebook group: Hugh and Hannah (McCormick) Brady Descendants.

Samuel was born in 1734. He was the son of Hugh Brady and Hannah McCormick. He passed away in 1811. ^[1]

Samual Brady was born in 1734, the son of immigrants Hugh and Hannah McCormick Brady, who settled in Cumberland Co.,PA along the Conodoguinet Creek. He was one of nine children. On Nov.22,1763 he married Jane Simonton, the ceremony performed by the Rev.John Bucher. He was known as "Old Sam" and was famous as an Indian scout.He later went west to Indiana Co.where he lived out his years and is buried in the same cemetery (Gilgal) as his brother James.

In Samuel's late years, he lived with his daughter Mary (Brady) Work and her family in Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He is likely the one older male "age 45 and older" on the 1810 Federal Census in the home of his recently-widowed daughter Mary (Brady) Work in Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

Samuel Joined the garrison at Fort Shirely 1755 and marched with Col. John Armstrong's regiment against the Indian town at Kitanning, Pa which he helped to burn. Later lived at Huntingdon, 1768, and Muncey 1770. He served in frontier duty at Fort Freeland 1779 and at Fort Bedford 1782 where he was wounded at Bloody Run. Later he was scout at Fort Ligonier and was present at St. Clair' s Defeat. He lived in Indiana County Pa. Died in 1811 and was buried in Gilgal Church Yard.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Claudia x, Saturday, December 14, 2013.

• DAR Public Profile

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Author: John Franklin Menginess Title: Otzinachson: a History of the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna Publication: Name: Gazette and Bulletin Printing House; Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania; Date: 1889; Page: 569-573. It quotes an account by Captain A Brady Sharpe in "the Herald... published in that paper on the 27th of September 1888.

Record of Marriages Performed by Rev. John Conrad Bucher, 1763-1769 Source: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 26, No. 3 (1902), pp. 375-381 Published by: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20086042 Accessed: 11-04-2017 20:30 UTC

US Federal Census, 1810, Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Page 63. entry 13 "Mary Work". Image 1 of 4.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Claudia x for creating Brady-1007 on 14 Dec 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Claudia and others.